Peteifer & Pablo

You know how some weeks work is ok and other times it’s alright; well for me last week was fantastic. Here is the scoop:

I have been assigned to write a proposal for various bridge and roadway jobs in WV. In order to write this proposal I need pictures of some of the advertised job sites. This meant two days of driving around the middle of coal country southern West Virginia. I decided to make a true trip out of it and brought Pablo along. Together we saw some quaint historic coal towns, some run down coal towns and some active coal towns, along with the five bridges I was assigned to locate and document with pictures. We also stumbled across two state parks - Pinnacle Rock State Park and Twin Falls Resort State Park - and my parents, who were traveling to PA from SC. How cool to have lunch with my parents, camp out, take a hike, spend time in a beautiful state and still put in full work days? Right now I love my job!

Pablo and Grandparents

Top of Pinnacle Rock

Wild and Wonderful West Virginia

We spent the weekend at and traveling for Rob & Annie’s wedding. It was at the most beautiful outdoor amphitheater I have ever seen. We even had the privilege of reading scripture during the ceremony. (Romans 12:9-12 MSG, 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 NIV and Romans 8:38-39 NRSV). It was such a great and unique wedding.

Congrats you two!

We spent the weekend in Savannah, GA. It was the first trip for either of us to that Georgian city. We were visiting our friend Rachel. We choose this past weekend because Savannah evidently has a huge St. Patrick’s Day parade and party. The parade we can vouch for, it was three and a half hours long. The partying, we could tell lots of people were excited about that, but we pretty much avoided the night life, neither one of us was much for getting River Faced.

The parade has the tradition of letting lots of former Grand Marshals ride on the back of convertibles followed by their extended family. Also, girls and pre-noon-drunk women would run out and kiss random soldiers, firefighters and Shriner’s on the cheek. The boys from a military school were especially popular targets.

The weather was about 5 degrees too cold that day, but that’s what I get when I try to dress too optimistically in March. One of my favorite sights was this Ewok dog.

The day ended with paying $20 to park in an unlabled garage for 1.5 hours. Saturday consisted of eating lots of yummy food and walking around town. The She Crab Soup at The Pirate House and Rachel’s breakfasts were especially good. The most unexpected fun was when the power went out for about 2.5 hours Saturday night. There is something about having to light candles and use flash lights that is honestly kind of fun.

A side note - books on tape are amazing at helping to kill time on the long drive. A pleasant surprise - we got to meet Jen’s grandpop for lunch on the drive home.

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